The Watch - Homeland Defense

The guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely intercepted a vessel in the Caribbean Sea in May 2025, confiscating a $13.7 million shipment of cocaine. A U.S. Coast Guard law-enforcement detachment embedded on the Gravely boarded the vessel and executed the bust. The operation was the latest success in a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) effort to stem…

U.S. President Donald Trump signed three executive orders in June 2025 to defend the U.S. against malicious drones and bolster supersonic flights in the…

The Dutch government identified a Russian hacking ring named Laundry Bear as being responsible for cyberattacks on the Dutch police, NATO and several European…

The Canadian warship HMCS William Hall seized more than 1,300 kilograms in the Caribbean Sea in May 2025 with the help of a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement…

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division operate ground-based radar in Texas near the border in May 2025. The radar platoon monitored illegal…

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, bangs a gavel to signify the start of a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on June 5.…

Bermuda’s governor and high-ranking Royal Bermuda Regiment officers met with counterparts in Jamaica’s Defence Force in May 2025 to share best practices for…

Odd John Resser, emergency planning officer, walks in an underground shelter previously used by a youth club in Kongsberg, Norway. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE…

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and multinational medical teams tested drones to transport blood as part of Swift Response 2025 at Camp…